Re: [tied] tomb

From: altamix
Message: 30736
Date: 2004-02-05

enlil@... wrote:
> Torsten:
>>> I looked it up; Late Latin <tumba>, from Greek <túmbos>, no further
>>> explanation.
>
> Miguel:
>> Allegedly from "Pelasgian" (pre-Greek) *dhm.bhos, like púrgos
>> "tower" from *bhr.ghos.
>
> Perhaps Tyrrhenian *toma.
>
>
> = gLeN
>

*dhm.bos= hill? high place?

Alex